Managing Director responsible for management and oversight of all aspects of the companies operational and strategic endeavors. As a start-up focusing on South Africas exploding residential market solar market, the position not only required management overight, but also a distinct focus on working within the business. From performing sales calls and devleoping strategic partnerships, to installing panels and technical problem solving, the position allowed me to get all the real world experience required not only to funciton as a skilled technical resource within the company, but also first hand expereince in the challenges of starting and running a small business.

Responsible for the overall management and ultimate success of the Groups entire revenue generating infrastructure

Full nut and bolt restoration of a 1958 Porsche 356

South African SOE – Workstream Lead- Manager on a project for a large South African state-owned entity responsible for reengineering their Strategy function - Review operating procedures within the strategy function and advise on how to improve and modify procedures and standards around a newly adopted business methodology- Incorporate continuous process improvement into the newly designed strategic planning process- Assess current state planning frameworks, processes and controls and their impact/applicability to internal processes and norms - Design control objectives to entrench process adoption- Develop high level short, medium and long term initiatives as well as a high level implementation roadmap for change- Identify best practices and adjust benchmarks to effectively drive performance within the strategy functionOffice of the Prime Minister –Workstream Lead- Manager on a project for Office of the Prime Minister reducing turnaround times and optimizing efficiencies for the recruitment of personnel, as well as organizational structure modifications - Lead 2 teams, each comprising 10 individuals to radically redesign 2 core processes within the organization- Train and capacitate public sector employees within the client organization to implement and roll out future business process reengineering initiatives- Run training workshops to empower Senior Government Officials to orchestrate their own business process reengineering and optimization initiatives within the regional entities they managed- Realize savings by incorporating continuous process improvement and cost reduction strategies- Develop customer service orientated processes aiming to eliminate customer complaints by achieving a dramatic reduction of complexity throughout the processes - Build in quality checking procedures upfront and then throughout the processes and develop innovative solutions that bring about major improvements in the processes

Ministry of Home Affairs – National Manager/Regional Manager • National Manager on a Turnaround Project for the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration (MHAI) in Namibia responsible for rolling out a turnaround project across 96 regional offices across the whole of Namibia - Design and execute of turnaround framework for standardized application throughout the country - Responsible for planning, leading and managing regional improvement initiatives waves comprising of 3 regional teams, each containing up to 12 individuals - Senior Management coaching and training on newly implemented business processes and practices• Regional Manager on a Turnaround Project for the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration (MHAI) in Namibia responsible for implementing new decentralized and distributed business processes and practices whilst supporting clients to aggressively minimize delivery and performance bottlenecks - Lead a team of up to 12 individuals - Drive local execution of ministry-wide initiatives and set up electronic management systems to track performance in regional offices - Influence government officials to work together on resolving issues by demonstrating the mutual benefit of the implemented initiatives - Identify best practices and adjust benchmarks across all satellite and regional offices in order to effectively drive organization wide performance improvements

• Run and manage multiple concurrent projects relating to the manufacture and supply of specialized mineral processing equipment to mining concerns in South Africa, Western Africa, and South America• Orchestrate and collate production planning and execution across multiple product offerings in order to meet tight delivery deadlines• Project planning and client liaison in order to synchronize product supply into larger client project programmes• Equipment supply contract review and negotiation in order to ensure terms included were fair as well as attainable from an internal production, time line, quality, cost and financing perspective• Running internal progress review meetings with heads of all internal structures in order to obtain detailed information on project progress, develop contingency plans if required, as well as to ensure all client needs and specifications were being met• Conduct product manufacture reviews at manufacturing sites to ensure reported progress was being met• Review all client imposed specifications and ensure their applicability, deliverability, and adherence• Attend all client facing meetings to formally report on progress verbally• Develop and distribute all progress review documentation to the client as and when required

• Responsible for management, operations, and entire staff complement (25) at a Health Care Waste Incineration Plant in Gauteng• Successful planning and execution of a proof of performance period culminating in the approval of a 5 year operating license• Production optimization in accordance with strict operational rules in order to achieve maximum throughput• Successfully implemented turnaround plan resulting in the entity turning a profit for the first time in 5 years

• Plant Automation for predominantly Unilever and Nestle Plants in the Gauteng Region• PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) and SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) programming• Design, development and commissioning of control systems – full responsibility and control of entire project life cycle from project inception to commissioning and support• Development and execution of programming standards used in the execution of all automation projects• Functional Design Specification (FDS) development and optimization through workshopping techniques with expert process and mechanical engineering personnel in order to translate process engineering needs into palatable documents for development of automation software